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Position Summary:

Collaborate with members of the healthcare team to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy, and monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition interventions. Evaluates the nutritional status of patients utilizing diet recall/history, physical appearance, oral intake, laboratory values, and by performing anthropometric measurements. Provide nutrition education to patients and family members. Manage delivery of nutrition care services on assigned units. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Accountability:

PATIENT CARE - Perform key functions of nutrition care according to system policy including nutrition screening, assessments, development of care plans

PATIENT CARE - Follow-up monitoring/reassessment of patients identified to be at nutrition risk; base clinical practice on sound scientific principles, current research and theory

PATIENT CARE - Provide care according to organization ethics, licensure, and the Standards of Professional practice for Dietetics professionals

RESEARCH - Locate, review, and utilize evidence-based best practices to improve patient outcomes

COMMUNICATION - Share knowledge and expertise with other health care team members through activities such as participating in patient care rounds, in-services to staff, participation on assigned committees and teaching classes

PRECEPTOR - Serve as a preceptor for dietetic interns in applying nutrition knowledge and skills

CPR Certification for Healthcare/BLS Providers or for Professional Rescuers or must obtain within 30 calendar days of date of position

Education Requirements - Preferred:

Master's Degree in related discipline

Experience Requirements - Preferred:

1 year directly related experience

Physical Demands Requirements:

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of materials is negligible.

Testing Requirements:

Tuberculin Skin Test required annually

Working Conditions Requirements:

May be required or is required to work rotating shifts, holidays and weekends

May be required or is required to perform on-call duties

May be required to perform subordinate tasks in high census/vol

Minor Hazard - physical risks, dirt, dust, fumes, noise

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